Socket slide



Jan. 29', 1935. REITER 1,989,379

SOCKET SLIDE Original Filed June 23, 1931 INVENTOR Daniel [Keller 7JATTORNEY Patented Jan. 29, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE y i I1,989,379

Daiiiel Reiter, nfew 'iforie f Original application June, 2 3; 1931Serial No. t

5465179 Divided and-this application April 14,

1932, Serial No. 605,13?

' 12 claims. (01; 24 -17) This application is a division of myc'opending l2 andtwith a substantially central opening 13.- applicationfor patent for self adjusting fastener As illustrated,- oneof thetransverse edges of each slide, Serial No 546,179,-.fi1ed June 23, 1931,now of the slots-ispro'vided with a suitable'belt en Patent No;1,857,973, dated'May 10, 1932. gaging prong 14 projecting into the slot.It will v This invention relates to prongd fastener slides beunderstood, however, that the prong 14 iiiay be 5 and particularly, tothat type which is provided provided on the edge of only one of theslots; 'or with transverse slots for the. reception of a belt that itmaybe entirely omitted, or that any de or strap,- and which carries'asn'ap fastener e1e= sired number of prongs maybe substituted for mentdesigned to engage a oocperatingsnap fash ingle prong shown:

1otener element, in order to hold the strap earry The resilient it udeaein ring '15 rests ing the slide to another article carrying saideoagainst one of the faces of the slide member 10 operating element. .7andis confined in place on one side by means of My inventioncontemplates the provision of vs, the projecting side arms or extensions16 and 17. simple and meii m; ring socket li e adapted to Each of saidarms or extensions is inte gr'aliwith be made of sheet metal, and to bereadily asdprojects froman 96.2% 6f the de mbe 15 sembled, and adaptedtor quantity production and terminates in an arcuate ed as 18 Whi fieconomically; r v extends substantially to themedian diameter or Myinvention further contemplates the provi the rice-15, t e y o v ntiziethe ine o sion of suitably arranged prongs on the Slide for falling outr ugh the op' elsl 2o engaging the strap cm Width the slide is mounted,The permit 19 or the-so ket opposed to the 20,

to fix the slide adjustably' to the strap, as' wellas ms 16 and 17; isformed by extending lat ra y to anothe member garryinga cooperatingsnaptlle material-er the Slide frlem'bf surrounding the fastenerelement.- The various objects or my m opening 0, It w l be s n that asuitablt Shap d vention will be clear from the aeserietien ud may fl t dei her o t p n- 2 follows, and from thedra'wing', iii-Which, ices 13fir-20 the siiee -inteseiiarafil iiifliie Fig. 1 is a rear e1evatien erasoeket slide emfigaeem iit w th e feilifit fine 1 bodying my invention.In Figs'tsend 45f ha e shown slid similar Fig.21saverticalcentralsectioiioftliesafiie. o that fiwfi Figs; 1 e i f t6 1Fig. 3 is an elevatiox'iai view or a blankfieni at iii Figs. 5 and 6."The ti so which the socket slide of Fig: 4 may be made.- ovid d withthe spaced ra Y ts11 1 and Fig. 4 is e'eentm horizontal sctidiiof Fig.3' iidif1irtliei prdvidd efcieetifie side tappem'g mm t e si e prajcfiiofis r arms or eiiteiisiciisfi and :32; {Said arirls'ar eat; havebeen folded'inwardlw arid the-resilient nae fioie'ritiy' wider than theeoi'r b' ri'e a 16 inserted ther'eundei" tat'ermtnefiigusnea eeeket. andMarthe slidfdf pie; 1; t6 na-B'I tfi i at;; Fig. 5 is an elevationalview at afitlier form tion of-mofies 33 fifi th trah f e s li f df- 35of blank which may be used forthe socket slide At the out r on itudinalde'e o'f each at said wherein the side projections are somewhat" mirflii ;--arfi fi' l i h as 34- 1 diirfid rower 7 I to form part ofaring-holdings6cket352- irli Fig. 6 is'a view of the eeeket enae form dfrom native aeout-the'eentrai eii r 0- the nk of Fig. 5 and showing,th'latefally eralpertiofi asiesnmianycepres'eetl'fef tiietsame 4Qoutstanding prongs the n, .t purpose. The'arms a1 and 32 are mede er safIn the practical embodiments of my invention ntwidtiiso that the armie33' rfiade" on" an which I have shown by way ofxample, the slide edge of0116 b01111 0f saidlfifmfi fil" 1 3 is'in each case preferably made of asingle piece outwardly of thei'nnertransverse edgeof the cow of sheetmetal, and is provided withopposed and b fiding'el'otr- .1 1 r 4 45spaced socket forming elements, between which ,Afterathe armsifislazhave been 59111? llpelements is arranged a suitable resilient ringwardlyt d inwardly t bring'the respective re forming the resilientsocket member'which- 00-; .3 P It Q hQIQ f n Pr p r registra operateswith acorresponding stud; My i'm: tion with the'recessedpcrtion- 36andabiove the proved socket slide is furthermore provided with resilientring lo arr anged between-said recessed 50 suitable means so that it maybeslidably mountportions, it; will be seen that a'socket ca-rrylng ed ona suitable belt or strap. A slide (Fig-.Alisprovided whereinsuitabl.prongs Referring now particularly toFigsl 1- and 2-,; are adaptedto'iengageagbelt-passedthrough the I have there showna slide member 1Q,provided transverse slots 11- and l2,-and -wherei n the co:

5 with spaced transversebelt reoeiving.slotsll and operating stud may bepassed iii-either direction 5o gagedwith the socket from. either sideorzfaceof the ring and tilted out of the socket, andtthatinto thesocket. It will be clear that the innermost edges of the recessedportions 34 and 36 in the finished slide are arranged substantiallyabove and below, respectively, the median diameter of the ring 15. Itwill be understood that the prongs 33 may be omitted as illustrated inFig. 1 or that such prongs may be arranged on one or more of-thetransverse edges :of the transverse slots or that the prongs may bearranged to project laterally from the slide as illustrated in Fig. 6.3-,.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and 6, I have there shown, respectively, ablank 39 and a slide 38 similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and- 2excepting: that the prongs 14 have been omitted at the' transverse slots11 and 1 2,: In-place thereof,- laterally extending prongs as 40, 41, 42and43 on l the arms 16 and 17 have been substituted. The arms are bentsimilarly to those described in cone nection with Figs. 1 and 2 toretain the ring 15 iniplace, and :the. prongs are bent laterally toprojectlaterally from said arms. Theiarms have further beenmodifledbyslightly widening them= so that they cover substantially all parts ofthe ring 15 andiform a'firm supporttherefor;

In any of the forms of slides illustrated, it will be understood thatthe belt or strap 45 is passed. through the slots 11 and 12 and over theOpening.

formed on one side of the socket The belt is thus arranged in theproperposition to be engaged'by the prongs 14,33 or 40 to 43 as thecase. may be, whereby the slideis secured in position on the strap.v Incertain cases, as for example, where the .beltor strap-is. of sufficientthickness,

the prongs may be omitted as is well understood ranged ;in the sockettherefor; that the plane of the front face of the slide-passes throughapproximately; the center of i the 1 thickness 'of the ring, so thatthering is backed'upagainst the walls of the socket when It will be seenthat I have provided acne-piece socket slide well: adapted foreconomical -manupairof spaced transverse rectangularubelt-re-.

ceiving slots therein; that the stud may be .en-

the socket. -may have arouate' edges between which the ring is disposed,and that part'of the socket'as the part 19 of 'FigsJr-and "2 or the part36 of :3 and 4'comprises material extended or 'press'ed laterally fromthe material ofi'theslide memben and that in each of the embodimentsillustrated, such extended part is bent from the contiguous' material ofthe slide mem-' ber through an angle not greater than 90", and further,that such laterally extended material a-lateral pull is exerted s t rappassed through the pair of slots.

While I have shown and described certain specine-embodiments of vmyinvention, I do not wish to be;understo o d as limiting myself theretosince I intend to claim my invention as broadly as may bepermittedby'thestate of the prior art and the scope of the appendedclaims.

I-claim:

1;. Ina-socket slide, a one-piece slide member having a pair of spacedtransverse slots therein and provided with a central opening between theslots, an arm bent transversely from and integral with themember,'-'a'socket-formingmember integral with and bentulaterally in.one direction from the material ofthe slide member around said opening,a second socket-forming member integralwit-h and bent 'laterally in theother direction from'.saidarm, s'aid socket-forming members,being-.spacedapart laterally at their inner extremities to providea-recess-..therebetween,.and

a .single resilient wire stud-engaging element.

having the outermost peripheral .part of its surface arranged inltherecess and the irmermost remainder of .its surface .inwardly overhangingthe recess, said element being arranged substantiallycoaxiallyofsaidopening;

2. In a socket slide, a slide member formed of a -single piece ofsheetmetal, having spaced belt-receiving slots thereinand having astudreceiving opening between the slots, inwardly bent ,arms integralwith the remainder of the slide member, prongs integral with the slidemember and lying in the plane thereof andprojectingintoythe slots, acontinuous socket wall pressed laterally inyone direction from aportionof the material of theslide membersurrounding the opening, a similarcontinuous socket wallin; lateral spaced relation to. the firstmentionedsocket wall and pressed laterally from each of the, arms in the otherdirection,,and a resilient ring1-arranged bet ween said walls andretained in place thereby, and inwardly overhanging; said walls toengage' a stud passed through the stud-receiving opening.

3,,Ina socket slide, aone-piecemember provided with a pair of integralarms'and forming a two-part ring-holding socket and provided with spacedrectangular belt-receiving slots, that portion of said member'betweenthe socket and the slots beingv imperforate, an undistorted resilientring in said socket flat at its outermost circularelements; one partofsaid'socket projecting beyond one face of said member a'distancesubstantially equal to half thethickness'of the ring stantiallyparallel'to the remainder of the memher to form part of a socket,theremainder of said socket being depressed from said member in a directionaway from said arms, and a resilient ring in said socket.

5. In a socket slide, a one-piece sheet metal member formed of a blankhaving a substantially rectangular portion provided with spacedtransverse belt-receiving slots and a central opening between the slots,an arm on the blank integral with each of the edges of the rectangularportion and terminating in an arcuate end, said arms being bent inwardlytoward each other to arrange the arcuate ends of said arms in spacedrelation to and in substantial alignment with the edge of said opening,and a resilient ring arranged between the adjacent faces of said armsand the peripheral portion of said opening.

6. In a socket slide, a one-piece sheet metal member having a pair ofspaced transverse slots therein and a circular opening between theslots, a ring-holding portion in said member surrounding the opening, aresilient ring resting against said portion, and an arm integral withsaid member and bent inwardly toward the opening at substantially rightangles to an edge of the member, said arm terminating in an arcuate edgeand being adapted to engage the ring to hold said ring in place.

'7. In a socket slide, a resilient undistorted ring, a one-piece sheetmetal member provided with a pair of spaced transverse belt-receivingslots and with a circular opening between the slots, an arm integralwith the member and bent from an edge thereof, a ring-holding sockethaving part thereof pressed laterally and outwardly in one directionfrom the material of the member surrounding the opening a distancesubstantially equal to half the thickness of the ring and having theremainder thereof projecting laterally from the periphery of the arm inthe other direction the same distance and formed from material integralwith said member, the ring being free to turn in the socket and a pairof prongs each integral with the member and adapted to engage a beltpassed through the slots.

8. An element of a separable fastener of the stud and socket typecomprising a single piece of metal having attaching elements by means ofwhich it may be directly secured to the article I on which it is to beused and opposite marginal portions bent towards each other and providedwith closely adjacent terminal portions so related as to jointly serveas an attaching element adapted for engagement with a complimentaryfastener element.

9. A separable fastener element, as defined by claim 8, of which theattaching element at the adjacent ends of the inturned portions is aresilient socket.

10. A separable strap fastener element com prising a single piece ofmetal having slotted portions by means of which it may be adjustablysecured at any desired position on a strap and opposite marginalportions bent towards each other and provided with closely adjacentterminal portions so related as to jointly serve as an attaching elementadapted for engagement with a complementary fastener element.

11. A separable strap fastener element, as defined by claim 10, ofsubstantially rectangular form, having its strap-receiving slotsdisposed along a pair of opposite margins and its attachment-formingportions bent under and inwardly from its intervening margins.

12. A separable snap fastener socket comprising a single piece of sheetmetal having slotted portions by means of which it may be adjustablysecured at any desired position on a strap and a pair ofoppositely-disposed inwardly-bent marginal portions,' the ends of saidportions being closely adjacent each other and provided withsemi-circular recesses adapted to cooperate with each other and serve asa socket for a complementary fastener stud.

DANIEL I. REITER.

